Rhythmic pulses of molten rock are rising beneath eastern Africa, according to a new study.The pulsing plume of hot mantle beneath Ethiopia, driven by plate tectonics, is slowly pulling the region ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

There are some weather phenomena that are more surprising than others, but without a doubt, the eruption of lava in ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Scientists identified a heartbeat-like rhythmic pulse trapped within the Earth — and say it has profound implications for a ...

A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...

In the Afar region of Ethiopia, the ground beneath our feet is stretching and tearing at a rate of 16 millimeters per year ...